Habeas corpus has been suspended at various times throughout the history of the US, and it's something that is disgusting. Generally it has been done during war time (Lincoln in the Civil War leaving Washington in a state of near-martial law; FDR in World War II with the internment camps for Japanese Americans), and has been widely accepted by the populace at large as a "precautionary method." However, with the USA PATRIOT act, we saw a near-unanimous ratification of the act without the people truly understanding any of its contents on a broad scale. It directly invades various liberties explicitly guaranteed by the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the other amendments to the Constitution. I find it sickening, and anxiously await the day someone challenges this heinous act in the Supreme Court
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Originally posted by clavus
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